New Blood Filtration Device Shows Promise for Heart Failure
Researchers at an American College of Cardiology meeting report a Minneapolis CHF Solutions device that filters excess fluid from the blood. In a 200 patient trial at 28 hospitals, the filtration group shed 11 pounds versus 6.8 pounds for diuretics, with faster return home and no drug use.
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Dallas
American Heart Association
American College of Cardiology
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Coffee linked to higher blood inflammation in study
A Greek study of over 3,000 coffee drinkers over two years links higher inflammatory markers to coffee use. Men drinking more than one cup daily showed 30 percent higher levels, women 38 percent, with other markers elevated too. Lead author Christina Chrysohoon calls for caution at higher quantities.
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Knight Ridder
Atlanta
Greece
American College of Cardiology
Christina Chrysohoon
University of Athens
Iraq reforms police and army to fight sectarian violence
In Baghdad a coordinated security overhaul seeks joint arrest teams and detainee receipts to curb militia abuses as 70 Iraqis die and hundreds are wounded. Defense Minister Saadoun al Duleimi and Interior Minister Bayan Jabr unveil reforms in the Green Zone amid sectarian tensions. The president moves Parliament opening to Thursday to appease Shiites.
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al- Duleimi
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Saddam Hussein trial enters new phase as co defendants testify
In Baghdad three Baath party figures testified for the first time denying involvement in the 1982 Dujail crackdown. Eight defendants, including Saddam, face charges over 148 Shiites killed and residents tortured with possible execution by hanging. Direct questioning aims to reveal Saddam's knowledge and direction of the crackdown.
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Four U S troops killed in roadside bombing in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb in Kunar province killed four U S troops in an armored convoy. In Kabul a car bombing wounded two bystanders and injured a top cleric, raising fears of escalating militant attacks four years after the ouster of the Taliban.
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Fein gold calls for Bush censure over eavesdropping
Sen. Russ Fein gold, a liberal Democrat potential White House contender, urges a Senate censure of President Bush for authorizing domestic eavesdropping. He says Bush broke the law and misled the public about the program run by the NSA after 9 11 and cites a historic single use of censure against Andrew Jackson in 1834.
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